Shaq and Kobe share MVP honors

Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 27 points, Shaquille O’Nealpartied his way back onto the All-Star stage with 17 in just 11 minutes, and the Western Conference beat the East 146-119 Sunday night.

What got into the big man? Maybe he took a shot of 5 hour energy. No crash later. No bat guano. But he looked like a man on a mission from the highlights I saw.

The pass in-between the legs of Dwight Howard and then to get right back for the give and go dunk was pretty impressive. He looked like the Shaq we used to love to watch. Not the Miami police cop he has become.

“It felt like old times,” O’Neal told ESPN. “I miss those times. He was really looking for me, especially when we went to a pick-and-roll and they had Rashard Lewis on me.”

After O’Neal moved to Miami, Kobe and Shaq had some sort of falling out. With pointing of fingers, temper tantrums and other childish acts it was almost surprising to see the two share a MVP trophy.

“We are not going to go back to the room and watch ‘Steel Magnolias’ or something like that, you know what I’m saying, crying, all that stuff,” Bryant said told ESPN. “We had a good time. That’s all.”

This is the third time that Kobe has earned MVP for the NBA All-Star game. This is the first time since 2000 that two players have earned MVP for the All-Star game. That year Shaq and Tim Duncan shared the honor.